1. ON 11/19/2012, THE U.S. COURT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ISSUED A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION ENJOINING LIQUIDATION OF CERTAIN ENTRIES WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY ORDER ON CARBON AND CERTAIN ALLOY STEEL WIRE ROD WITH ACTUAL DIAMETERS OF 4.75 MM TO 5.00 MM FROM MEXICO (A-201-830) ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER 06/08/2011.

2. THIS INJUNCTION WAS ISSUED IN CONNECTION WITH COURT CASE NUMBER 12-345 AND ENJOINS LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH 3 BELOW.

3. ACCORDINGLY, UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, DO NOT LIQUIDATE ENTRIES OF CARBON AND CERTAIN ALLOY STEEL WIRE ROD WITH ACTUAL DIAMETERS OF 4.75 MM TO 5.00 MM, WHICH WERE PRODUCED AND/OR EXPORTED BY DEACERO S.A. DE C.V., AND WHICH WERE ENTERED, OR WITHDRAWN FROM WAREHOUSE, FOR CONSUMPTION ON OR AFTER 06/08/2011. ANY ENTRIES THAT ARE SET FOR LIQUIDATION MUST BE UNSET IMMEDIATELY. CONTINUE TO SUSPEND LIQUIDATION OF THESE ENTRIES UNTIL LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS ARE ISSUED.

4. LIQUIDATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENTRIES AFFECTED BY THE INJUNCTION HAVE NOT YET BEEN ISSUED.

5. EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, CBP IS INSTRUCTED TO PREVENT LIQUIDATION OF ANY ENTRIES SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE.

6. COMMERCE'S APO DOCKET CENTER WAS SERVED WITH THE ABOVE-REFERENCED INJUNCTION ON 11/20/2012. PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE INJUNCTION, NO LIQUIDATION OF THE ENTRIES COVERED BY THE INJUNCTION MAY BE MADE FOR ENTRIES WHICH REMAIN UNLIQUIDATED.

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MICHAEL B. WALSH